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Basic Trope: A disclaimer telling the audience not to do try things in real life that they see in a show.

• Straight: Alice and Bob host a kids' science show. After an experiment involving explosives, they purposefully warn viewers not to try it out for themselves.
• Exaggerated: Alice and Bob give the same warning at end of every experiment, even the less dangerous ones.
• Downplayed:
  • A written disclaimer appears in small print during the credits.
  • The experiment can be tried at home, but only with an adult's supervision.
• Justified:
  • Explosives are dangerous, and shouldn't be handled without the necessary training.
  • Impressionable children might otherwise get the idea that it's okay to play with explosives.
• Subverted: After a tame experiment involving red cabbage dye, Alice says that it is safe to try at home.
• Double Subverted: She goes on to say that the next part however, isn't safe.
• Inverted: After an experiment involving thermite, Bob irresponsibly tells viewers to try it at home.
• Parodied:
  • "Don't try this experiment at home. It involves flammable metals, poisonous gases and red cabbage indicator."
  • A ton of safety disclaimers are shown when Alice and Bob are building an extremely safe experiment, like a mini-volcano set.
• Deconstructed: Viewers ignore the warnings, and try it at home anyway.
• Reconstructed: They warn viewers because someone actually did try it at home, and got hurt.
• Zig Zagged: The original disclaimer was a joke. But when someone tries it at home, they start giving serious warnings. Later on they stop doing all but the safest experiments. But the safety warnings come back as a gag.
• Averted: Alice and Bob do all manner of dangerous experiments, and there is no disclaimer.
• Enforced:
  • The network has to give people the disclaimer, otherwise they could get sued if people hurt themselves.
  • They did it to shut the Moral Guardians up.
• Lampshaded: "No really, don't."
• Invoked: Bob gives the warning because he always wanted to say that.
• Exploited: Alice gives a positive spin on the disclaimer to encourage kids to pursue careers in science, where they really do get to try out awesome experiments.
• Defied: Alice and Bob avoid doing anything so dangerous that it requires a warning.
• Discussed: Bob explains to the audience what would happen if they did try it at home.
• Conversed: "The thermite experiment looks awesome. Pity it's too dangerous?"

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